Irish Animation ‘The Missing Scarf’ on Longlist for Academy Award

Eoin Duffy’s The Missing Scarf has been named as one of ten animated shorts on the longlist for Academy Award consideration after screenings and preliminary rounds of voting held in New York and Los Angeles

Produced by Jamie Hogan of Belly Creative and featuring the voice of Star Trek star George Takei, the film became eligible for Oscar consideration after picking up the James Horgan Award for Best Animation at the 25th Galway Film Fleadh.

Further screenings will be held in Los Angeles, New York and San Francisco in December to determine the three to five nominees to be drawn from the current ten and put forward for Academy Awards consideration in 2014.